Classes in HISP
| HISP600 | (PermReq)Introductory Seminar in Historic Preservation: Theory, History and Practice (3 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: permission of department. An introduction to the wide range of ideas underpinning the practice of preservation covered through readings, discussions, presentations, class projects, and field trips. | ||
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| HISP611 | Historical Research Methods (3 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HISP610 or HISP611. Research methods used by professional historic preservationists to identify and record historic structures and sites. Emphasizes inter/multidisciplinary nature of contemporary preservation practice using archival and ethnographic evidence as a basis for establishing significance. | ||
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| HISP650 | (PermReq)Historic Preservation Studio Workshop (6 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: HISP600; and permission of department. Recommended: First Year MHP Courses. For HISP majors only. Students carry out a group preservation project in a local community, from inception and problem formulation through completion. Guided carefully by a faculty team, students will conduct research, interact with communities, perform analyses, and propose solutions for an issue or problem of direct relevance to a local community and client group. | ||
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| HISP655 | American Vernacular Architecture (3 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HISP655 or HISP619V. Formerly HISP619V. History, theory, and practice of American vernacular architecture including a review of common building technologies, structure, and style, and focusing on methods and approaches for recording, documenting and analyzing these historic resources. | ||
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| HISP680 | (PermReq)Preservation Economics (3 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Not open to students who have completed HISP619N. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HISP619N or HISP680. Formerly HISP 619N. Students are introduced to a range of economic theories, methods, and issues that must be considered in the practice of historic preservation. Case studies related to community economic development, adaptive reuse, tax credit programs, project finance, and land use will be presented. | ||
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| HISP710 | Final Project in Historic Preservation I (1 credits) | |
| Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HISP700 or HISP710. Formerly HISP700. An independent, applied research project investigating the preservation of a particular site or a specialized issue in historic preservation. This is part one of a two-semester sequence and involves developing the project proposal and bibliography. | ||
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